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Philip Conneller
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Online Gambling Companies to Refund $1.2M Doctor Embezzled from UK Health Service
Several unnamed online gambling companies in the UK will repay more than £900,000 ($1.2 million) in public money stolen and gambled away by a rogue doctor from the country’s National Health Service. Senior general practitioner...
Dumped by Raiders, Damon Arnette Countersues Aria Valet Over Spitting Claim
Troubled NFL cornerback Damon Arnette is countersuing a valet at the Aria Resort & Casino. The valet accused him of inflicting mental stress, anguish, pain and suffering last May through alleged aggressive behavior at the...
Soccer Stars Wesley Sneijder, Dirk Kuyt in Illegal Gambling Scrape with Dutch Gangsters
Former Netherlands soccer internationals Wesley Sneijder and Dirk Kuyt have become embroiled in a case involving illegal gambling and a gangster known as "the Godfather of the Hague." According to Dutch newspaper De Telegraph, the...
Black Market Gambling Operators Use Trafficked Cambodia Workers, Says New Report
Three Cambodian workers are being held against their will in an illegal Chinese-owned casino in Sihanoukville, western Cambodia, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. It’s the latest in a series of disturbing reports emanating from Cambodia...
Prison for News Agency Employee Who Fiddled Racing Results to Win Bets
A former horse racing analyst at the UK’s national news agency was sentenced to ten months in prison Friday for tweaking results to better reflect his betting picks. Hull Crown Court heard that Jack Bentham,...
Chinese Cops Bust Massive $250M Junket Funneling Gamblers to Tigre de Cristal, Russia
Chinese authorities say they have disrupted a “criminal gang” that operated an underground “industrial chain,” organizing trips for Chinese high rollers to Russia’s Tigre de Cristal casino. According to the public security departments of Heilongjiang...
Ex-Illinois State Rep. Luis Arroyo Changes Plea to Guilty in Sweepstakes Bribery Case
A former Illinois state representative has admitted to bribery charges related to his support of legislation beneficial to the state’s sweepstakes industry. Democrat Luis Arroyo, 67, pleaded guilty to bribery, wire fraud, and mail fraud...
Not Rocket Science: NASA Employee Reveals How She Won $1M on Virginia Lottery
A senior NASA scientist has pulled off the ultimate moonshot, winning the Virginia Lottery for $1 million. Norma Farr, a group lead at NASA’s Geolab, matched five numbers in the Mega Millions draw over the...
US House Passes Bill Ratifying Catawba Tribe’s North Carolina Gaming Rights
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would enable the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation to build a casino in North Carolina. The Catawba claim ancestral ties to the area...
NFL Gets in on the Action with Branded Slot Machine Deal with Aristocrat Gaming
NFL-branded slots machines are coming to a casino near you, thanks to an exclusive multi-year licensing agreement between the league and Aristocrat Gaming. The Australian gaming tech giant said the new machines will hit the...
